Our Super Bowl LX predictions: Who will win Sunday at Levi’s?

After all the pomp and circumstance of the last week in the Bay Area, it’s almost time for kickoff at Super Bowl LX.

Drake Maye and the Patriots are set to face the Seahawks and their stalwart defense, which put the 49ers in a vise grip twice in January.

Who will lift the Lombardi Trophy on the field at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday night? Here’s who we’re picking:

Michael Nowels, sports editor: Seahawks 24, Patriots 13. The Seattle defense is for real, and Maye has not played MVP ball in the playoffs.

Jon Becker, night editor: Seahawks 27, Patriots 10. Darnold’s career rehab is complete. Final score is a nod to the 45th anniversary of Jim Plunkett — the reclamation project OG — leading Oakland to a 27-10 Super Bowl win over the Eagles.

Joseph Dycus, Warriors beat writer: Seahawks 35, Patriots 14. As a lifelong Vikings fan, it pains me to watch castoff Sam Darnold lead another team to the Super Bowl. He throws for five touchdowns against a Patriots team that keeps it close for a half, but is overwhelmed by Seattle’s talent in the second half.

Jerry McDonald, 49ers beat writer: Seahawks 30, Patriots 10. Would love to be wrong and have it come down to the wire, but Seattle has it all going now. Seahawks players don’t shy away from comparisons to the famed Legion of Boom, but are looking to make their own mark as a historically great NFL defense.

Cam Inman, 49ers beat writer: Patriots 31, Seahawks 24. Seattle boasts one of the quickest and fiercest defenses I’ve seen in years. But I also recall Super Bowl 24 years ago, when the Patriots were underdogs against an NFC West team and prevailed with a young quarterback. For the third time in Super Bowl history, both teams are coached by a guy named Mike — and it’s Vrabel’s Pats that somehow will put up 31 points on Macdonald’s Seahawks, similar to Shanahan’s Broncos defeating Holmgren’s Packers in the 1997 season’s Super Bowl (31-24) and McCarthy’s Packers defeating Tomlin’s Steelers for the 2010 season crown (31-25).

Darren Sabedra, assistant sports editor: Seahawks 24, Patriots 10. Too much defense and Sam Darnold isn’t what he once was. He’ll protect the ball, distribute to his best playmaker (i.e., Jaxon Smith-Njigba) for huge gains, and move the chains with key passes to former Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp.  All of that will simply be too much to overcome for New England, which had just three regular-season games against teams that finished above .500.

Jon Wilner, college football columnist: Seahawks 34, Patriots 20. Thanks to their annual visits to Levi’s Stadium, the Seahawks are vastly better equipped to deal with both the electromagnetic field produced by the nearby substation and the lingering, discombobulating audio waves from the Flight Deck ride at Great America.

Dieter Kurtenbach, sports columnist: Seahawks 31, Patriots 10. The Seahawks’ defense takes its place as the best in the NFL over the last 15 years come Sunday night. Sam Darnold has no problem executing, while a Patriots team struggles to score behind a porous, overmatched offensive line. They score a late touchdown to make this look more respectable than it actually is. Your MVP? Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who challenges L.C. Greenwood’s single Super Bowl sack record of four.

Curtis Pashelka, Sharks beat writer: Patriots 20, Seahawks 14: Unless you like defense, this Super Bowl could be a real snoozefest. Seriously. Someone at your Super Bowl party, an older relative, a friend who has imbibed too much, etc., could be fast asleep by sometime in the second half, thanks to all of the punting. Other than that, let’s see which team gets to the quarterback more often. Mike Vrabel’s an elite coach. I like his chances when he’s had two weeks to prepare. So take the under, and start brewing the coffee at halftime.